at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. gerri: a new government crackdown on business is now underway at the irs and the department of labor. a wide range of companies could be at risk of big tax bills. liz macdonald joins me now with a scoop. >> we are going to give you information we can really use. basically the government is saying that workers are independent contractors, meaning that they are not on the books, not on the government's mindset. paying payroll taxes, they have to protect workers and the president has already presented his budget. $7 billion protecting the budget. >> 7 billion out of companies. what the government is saying is that 3.4 million workers in this process, 30% are misclassified, independent contractors, and i will tell you that any company can get really tripped up by crippling paperwork and penalties. now we have 13 states sharing information with the irs. you're going to see california, washington, montana and minnesota. this is the labor department saying that you have to share and we want